Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BLUFF AND STRUT!, by WILLIAM A. PHELON



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First Line: Bluff, bluff, and strut your stuff--
Last Line: Talk in large numbers, and then strut your stuff!
Subject(s): Conceit; Duplicity; Lies; Deceit


BLUFF, bluff, and strut your stuff—
That is the trick to-day—
Bluff, bluff, and strut your stuff—
That is the winning way!

Perhaps you are a star, and possibly
You are the fiercest flivver on the map—
Your cleverness, or lack of any skill,
As things are now, will matter not a rap.
It makes no difference—if you throw a bluff,
You can get by—and always strut your stuff!

Tell people you are great, and they will fall—
It's seldom they will ask an actual test—
Put on a haughty front, and they'll believe
That you are what you say—the first and best.
Never get worried—just keep up the bluff,
Talk in large numbers, and then strut your stuff!





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